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Chapter 584 The Ceremony of the Passion

Zhou Zhong's heart was moved, "The three princes are still young, I think they haven't settled down yet!"

"Still young? When I was their age, I would have already married a wife." The emperor snorted coldly!

Zhou Zhong was puzzled. The second prince was already over 20 years old, but he still refused to get married.

The last time the emperor mentioned this, the second prince flatly refused. The emperor asked why, and the second prince just said that he didn't want to find someone to restrain him, and he wanted to be free.

The emperor was very angry and said that the second prince was the son of the emperor, who dared to control him? He was about to immediately nominate a candidate for the second prince, but the second prince sneered.

If the Second Prince is really pushed to the limit, what does it matter if he marries or not? He has all the women he wants anyway. Besides, the noble families in the capital look down on him, calling him a bastard who has no support from his outside family.

This made the emperor very angry. He flew into a rage and ordered the second prince to return home to reflect on his mistakes and confined him to his home for two months.

Late that night, the emperor caught a cold and did not attend court for several days.

Afterwards, the Emperor wanted to choose concubines for the princes, but he deliberately left the Second Prince out. The Second Prince was not in a hurry and never asked about it.

But since the Second Prince didn't want to marry a wife, it wouldn't be good to let his younger brothers marry first, right? Therefore, the marriages of the three princes were delayed until now.

In fact, Zhou Zhong could guess the Second Prince's thoughts because the aristocratic families in the capital were intertwined and each had its own faction. Once the marriage was arranged, it would affect the entire body, and the situation would become even more complicated.

However, those aristocratic families with profound backgrounds did not dare to let their daughters marry into the royal family easily, not to mention that the second prince had such a background?

In a nutshell, even if you are a prince, those noble families may not necessarily want to marry into your social class.

The emperor sighed deeply again, but he had other ideas in his mind.

The next day, Jiang Youzhen got up before dawn. Today was the grand ceremony of announcing the names of the successful candidates, so he had to go to the palace.

[System release task: Please ask the host to pass the imperial examination and become a famous scholar. Becoming a new Jinshi is the host's first step into the court, and a new life is about to begin. If the task is successful, the system reward will be extremely generous. ]

"Wow! You actually said so much at once today? Why didn't you announce the task of making me the top scholar? I am so arrogant now that I look down on anyone who is not the top scholar."

Jiang Youzhen snorted, the system is really low-key today.

[Whether you can become the top scholar depends on the right time, right place and right people. Talent alone is not enough, right? Also, please remind the host that the reward depends on the degree to which the host completes the task. ]

"What do you mean? The extent of the mission?" Jiang Youzhen was a little confused.

[That is, the ranking of the following palace examinations, the higher the ranking, the richer the reward. ]

"Then we still have to get the top scorer, right?" But this time the task seemed a bit slack.

【Yes! 】

"What? Do you look down on me?" Jiang Youzhen snorted coldly.

[Uh...Host, are you drifting? ]

"I feel like I'm the best in the world now!" Jiang Youzhen rolled his eyes, but he knew in his heart that sometimes you can't become the top scholar just by studying hard.

Generally speaking, the top scholar is chosen from the older and more stable ones. Of course, talent and knowledge are indispensable.

Someone like Jiang Youzhen, who is young and talented, is likely to be selected as the third place.

However, if Tong Huaian or Wen Ruyu got it, she would still be happy for them.

Because the title had not yet been announced, Jiang Youzhen and his classmates were all tribute scholars.

They had been waiting at the Dong'an Gate of the Imperial City long ago, and the Ministry of Rites had already sent someone to inform them.

When the time came, the guards led the yamen to open the Dong'an Gate, and Jiang Youzhen followed the crowd.

She couldn't help but mutter in her heart, this imperial city is really big, if she walks on foot, it will take several hours to walk around it?

No wonder the concubines in ancient times would stroll around the garden when they had nothing to do. Just strolling and looking around, and a whole day would pass by!

Next, the Ministry of War and the Infantry Commander opened the Zhengyang Gate and notified the princes and all the civil and military officials to gather in court attire. They also sent eight officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple to lead the tribute scholars.

Afterwards, he took the tribute scholar to change his clothes. Jiang Youzhen put on the crown in front of the bronze mirror and changed into the tribute scholar's official uniform.

Jiang Youzhen looked at himself in the mirror and couldn't help but take a deep breath. He put on a green silk with a blue edge and a collar like a robe, and then put on an eighth-rank court belt. Jiang Youzhen straightened his clothes and smoothed out the wrinkles before walking out.

It is particularly important to groom your appearance properly, otherwise it would be impolite in front of the palace.

After coming out, Jiang Youzhen couldn't help but nod when he saw Tong Huaian and Wen Ruyu, two handsome young men wearing the same official uniforms, coming together.

Isn't it said that humans are sensual animals? These two are really beautiful.

It was also the first time that Tong Huaian and Wen Ruyu got to know Ruguanyu. The young man in the official hat in front of them stood out from the crowd.

There was no time for them to talk. The three of them exchanged glances and followed the officials and ritual music into the Taihe Gate.

At this time, officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple had already prepared the yellow case. The princes stood at the first, followed by the officials, and finally the tribute scholars.

Jiang Youzhen was the leader of the tribute scholars. He heard the Ministry of Rites requesting the emperor to ride the dragon chariot into the Hall of Supreme Harmony and take the throne. Then the Luanyi official cracked his whip three times, the sound was as clear and loud as the sound of a phoenix in the sky.

This was the first time Jiang Youzhen had seen such a grand and solemn ceremony, and he was completely shocked.

Next, all he could do was wait for the emperor to list the top three places in the first class. Jiang Youzhen stared at the floor tiles in front of him and didn't dare to look around.

This place with hundreds of people was so silent that you could hear a pin drop.

The system prompt sound has not sounded yet. It seems that we will have to wait until the final ranking is released before we can get a prompt.

After these two times, Jiang Youzhen knew that the system would not issue the reward results in advance. Maybe it was because they were afraid of unexpected events? It seemed that the system was still very rigorous.

Inside the palace, the emperor had already seen the top ten papers. He only needed to take a glance before picking up the first one.

He had seen Jiang Youzhen's handwriting before, so he recognized it at first sight. He took a look at the circle count and found that there were a total of 22 circles, and nodded with satisfaction.

After quickly reading the article, he was more satisfied. However, he didn't show it on his face. After putting it down, he looked at the second article. This one has 21 circles in total, at least one more than Jiang You's frame? He looked at the name, it was Tong Huaian, which was within his expectations.

The emperor only read the first three papers carefully, and only glanced at the rest. To him, the rankings of the rest were not important, he only needed to pick out the top three.

"That's how it is arranged! Xuanjiang Youzhen, Tong Huaian, and Wen Ruyu come to see you!" The ranking of this palace examination is no different from the metropolitan examination. It is the result of passing many tests. Could it be that no one is just a name?

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Minister of Rites Luo Chengyi responded immediately.

"Newly-appointed Jinshi Jiang Youzhen, Tong Huaian, and Wen Ruyu are here to see the emperor!"

Not surprisingly, all the officials and peers had already guessed the rankings.

Jiang Youzhen had heard that once someone was summoned to the palace, they would definitely be ranked first. It was expected that they would be the three of them.

Jiang Youzhen and the other two stepped out of the line and kowtowed. Then the three of them followed the ceremonial officer in front of them and slowly climbed up the stairs on both sides of the red wall according to their ranks.

After several years and two lives, Jiang Youzhen is still excited at this moment.